Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1819-4907 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1913 (Online)


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Garrison and the town community of Berwick-upon-Tweed on the orders of Henry VIII and Elizabeth Tudor

The article is devoted to the study of relations between the town community and the garrison based on the analysis of documents regulating the life of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Located almost on the very border, Berwick was of great strategic importance, so the town had a military garrison. Early Tudor royal enactments pay little attention to the relationship between the townspeople and the soldiers of the garrison. The legislators were mainly interested in this problem when it came to matters of importance to the defense of the town.

Dauphin Louis and the University of Paris: An attempt to seize power in France in April – May 1413

This article is devoted to the study of the political crisis in France at the beginning of 1413. In the course of the study, the author comes to the conclusion that the illness of King Charles VI required government reform. Two trends emerged – aristocratic (preservation of power within the Valois family, but with its transfer into the hands of the Dauphin Louis) and democratic (limitation of royal power through the admission of people of humble origin to government).

Anne of Bohemia – Queen of England

The article examines the history of the dynastic marriage of King Richard II of England and the daughter of the Bohemian King and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV Anna of Bohemia, analyzes her role in the life of the English kingdom, as well as the historical consequences of the dynastic marriage for the development of England and the Bohemia.

Женская преступность в Мюнстере в первой половине XVII в.

В статье на основе анализа сохранившихся материалов судебно-следственных дел Мюнстера первой половины XVII в. авторами предпринята попытка выявления особенностей женской преступности в Мюнстере. Основными видами женских преступлений были колдовство, детоубийство, кражи. Анализ судебной практики Мюнстера позволяет сказать, что за первую половину XVII в. количество зарегистрированных преступлений, совершаемых женщинами, было незначительно, по сравнению с показателями мужской преступности.

Идеология, топонимия, политика памяти: история переименований в странах Балтии

В статье представлен анализ топонимии Эстонии, Латвии, Литвы в исторической ретроспективе и взаимосвязи с местной политикой памяти. Практика смены географических названий осуществлялась и продолжает осуществляться в русле прибалтийской исторической политики и таких её основополагающих составляющих как этноцентризм, борьба с последствиями «советской оккупации» и декоммунизация. При этом, наиболее однородно, последовательно топонимия преобразовывалась в Эстонии и Латвии, в силу схожего исторического развития.

Политическое действие в первой филиппике Марка Туллия Цицерона

В статье рассматривается первая филиппика против Марка Антония. Данная речь выступает в качестве источника, который раскрывает как определенные биографические обстоятельства в жизни Цицерона, так и его представления и идеалы, связанные с поведением политика.

“New Eastern Policy” of Willy Brandt and Bundeswehr in 1969–1974

The article based on archival and published materials analyses the attitude of the members of the higher and lower structures of the Bundeswehr to the “new eastern policy” of Chancellor Willy Brandt and the influence of the latter on the development of the armed forces of West Germany in 1969–1974. It is demonstrated that privates and junior officers supported the foreign policy course of W. Brandt on detente in relations with the socialist bloc.

Charles James Fox and the debate in the British Parliament concerning the early period of the French Revolution)

The article deals with the position of the famous British politician, Whig party leader Charles James Fox on the beginning of the French Revolution. The author analyzes the reasons for the split in the ranks of the Whig parliamentary faction following the discussion of the events unfolding in France.

“Annales Regni Henrici Septimi” (1504–1505, 1507–1508) by Bernard André: History, Propaganda or Myth-creation?

The article analyzes the so-called “Annales Regni Henrici Septimi” (records of the twentieth and twenty-third years of the reign of the founder of the Tudor dynasty), written by the court poet and royal historiographer Bernard André. Created after the completion of “De Vita atque Gestis Henrici Septimi Historia”, it may have been intended by the author as a draft for a future similar historical work and contain many important details, although due to circumstances it never took the form of a completed work.

The development of Czech cities in the post-Hussite period as a prerequisite for the emergence of Czech printing

The article attempts to identify the economic prerequisites for the emergence of printing in the Czech Republic. The author analyzes the economic development of Czech cities in the post-Hussite period, analyzes the main privileges that cities were given or confirmed by their owners, as well as the development of crafts and trade in them.

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